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- Music, April 29, 2015
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They Might Be Giants
How reviving the years-gone Dial-a-Song revitalized They Might Be Giants
- In 1983, long before They Might Be Giants blossomed into a beloved indie-pop institution, their nascent career was briefly derailed—after only their third show—by twin misfortunes ...
- Music, March 25, 2015
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Public Service Broadcasting
Space is the place for British duo Public Service Broadcasting
- Public Service Broadcasting makes old things new again. The pseudonymous British duo—multi-instrumentalist J. Willgoose Esq. and drummer Wrigglesworth—use archival film as a departure point for their songwriting, ...
- Music, February 4, 2015
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St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Gritty soul septet St. Paul & the Broken Bones stay rooted in sweet home Alabama
- Paul Janeway lost the bet. In mid-November, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, the electrifying soul band Janeway fronts, were slated to play a two-night stand at the Alabama Theatre in their hometown of Birmingham, Ala.
- Music, January 21, 2015
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Mark Kozelek
Veteran singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek is worth misunderstanding
- In February 2014, not long after the release of his devastating and achingly gorgeous Sun Kil Moon LP Benji, Mark Kozelek was asked by Seattle Times rock critic Charlie Zaillian what he thought people most misunderstood about him.
- Music, January 14, 2015
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Homeboy Sandman
NYC rapper keeps it real by staying true to himself
- By his own admission, Homeboy Sandman doesn't slot easily into the greater landscape of hip-hop.
- Music, November 26, 2014
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Sturgill Simpson
The Nashville outsider isn't trying to save country music, but he might anyway
- The profiles all begin the same way: Sturgill Simpson is here to save country music.
- Music, November 19, 2014
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Death From Above 1979
Canadian punk duo finds life after death
- In 2011, Jesse Keeler got an e-mail from his former Death From Above 1979 bandmate. It took him a little by surprise: He and Sebastien Grainger hadn't spoken in the five years since Death From Above flamed out at the height of its career ...
- Music, November 5, 2014
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RJD2
Hip-hop producer and musician expands his creative scope by ditching sampling
- RJ Krohn arrived with a bang. Deadringer, his 2002 debut as RJD2 for seminal post-millennial independent hip-hop label Definitive Jux, was a herald, a continent-wide swath of cinematic scope and subterranean grit ...
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They Might Be Giants
How reviving the years-gone Dial-a-Song revitalized They Might Be Giants
April 29, 2015
